IIM Ahmedabad PGP and PGP-ABM Programme have witnessed a steady growth over the last three years in the percentage of Non Engineering and women students. With this year’s IIM Ahmedabad PGP batch non-engineers constituted 32 per cent and women 28 per cent, one of the highest ever in more than 15 years. While PGP-FABM programme, also had a diverse entering class with 45 per cent non-engineers and 50 per cent were women.
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) is recognized globally for excellence in management education. Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agri-Business Management (PGP-FABM) of IIM Ahmedabad is ranked 1st by Eduniversal, Paris, France in 2017. Also, IIM Ahmedabad flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP) is ranked 16th in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2016.
Registration for the new batch 2017-19 of PGP and PGP-FABM at IIM Ahmedabad culminated on June 30, 2017 with one of the most diverse batches ever, in terms of gender and educational background, joining the Institute.
| PGP Batch | Percentage of Women students |
| 2015-17 | 14 % |
| 2016-18 | 21% |
| 2017-19 | 28% |
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The IIM Ahmedabad class rooms has witnessed a steady growth over the last three years in the percentage of women students, with this year’s batch having 28% women, one of the highest ever. The PGP programme have also achieved 3.5 times increase in ratio of non-engineers in three years from 9% in 2015 to 32% in 2017 which is also the highest ever ratio in last 15 years.
| PGP Batch | Percentage of non-engineers |
| 2015-17 | 9% |
| 2016-18 | 20% |
| 2017-19 | 32% |
Meanwhile, for the PGP-ABM (Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agri Business) program non-engineering students were 15 per cent in 2015-17, 26 per cent in 2016-18 and 45 per cent in 2017-19. The female students in PGP-ABM have also risen from 39 per cent in 2015-17, to 46 per cent in 2016-18 and 50 per cent in the current 2017-19 batch.
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Professor Ashish Nanda, Director, IIM Ahmedabad delighted while welcoming this diverse group of incoming students and said, “In our discussion based learning environment, diversity in student backgrounds and experiences helps enrich the learning process by bringing in different perspectives to the class”.
The class profile for PGP 2017-19 batch reveals that the IIM Ahmedabad goal to improve academic and gender diversity in IIM class rooms has been achieved to a large extent.
Professor Apratim Guha, Chairperson, Admissions, IIM Ahmedabad, explains the admission procedure as “Our admissions policy is to invite for interviews candidates from different academic disciplines based on their academic performances, subject to their clearing certain CAT cut-offs. This approach increases the discipline diversity of our incoming class. This is part of a conscious effort to improve the in-class learning experience of students, who we believe would benefit from being in class with people from diverse background.”
Professor Nanda, Director, IIM Ahmedabad, noted the increase in women’s ratio in the class room and said, “We are pleased with the increasing percentage of women students in our entering class. This has been achieved without giving extra credits or holding specific quotas on account of gender. The increased percentage has been achieved through a combination of active recruitment of women candidates, encouraging discipline diversity of students called for interviews, and paying attention to holistic leadership potential among applicants being interviewed. A broad mix across gender will contribute to a richer learning environment at the Institute.”
45% Non-engineers in IIM Ahmedabad PGP-FABM
PGP-FABM programme, the world’s top-rated programme in agri-business, also has a diverse entering class. The ratio of non engineers in PGP-FABM has increased by 3 times in 3 years from 15% to 45% as per the data shared by IIM Ahmedabad.
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| PGP-FABM | Percentage of Non-engineers |
| 2015-17 | 15 % |
| 2016-18 | 26% |
| 2017-19 | 45% |
50% women in IIM Ahmedabad PGP-FABM
According to IIM Ahmedabad shared data, 50% are the women students in PGP-FABM 2017-19 batch. The ratio has increased from 39% to 50% in 3 years.
| PGP-FABM | Percentage of women students |
| 2015-17 | 39 % |
| 2016-18 | 46% |
| 2017-19 | 50% |
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